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Rome
(Jun-Jul 2025)

  • Rome’s Colosseum (incl. Arched View)
  • The Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
  • St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City (& followed by a miracle)
    • The Braccio Nuovo (new wing) of the old Emperors
  • The Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain and Pantheon
  • The Porta San Paolo
  • The Castel Sant'Angelo
  • Caravaggio at the Church of Saint Louis of the French
  • Beautiful sky in Rome
  • Annibale Carracci and Caravaggio at the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo
  • The dome of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran
  • The Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major
  • The Arch of Constantine
  • The Barberini Palace
    • Highlights of the art collection
    • The Triumph of Divine Providence ceiling fresco
    • Square Staircase by Bernini
  • The National Gallery of Modern Art
  • The Galleria Doria Pamphilj - highlights of the art collection

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Vienna
(Feb 2024)



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Paris
(Nov 2024)

  • The Louvre
    • The Winged Victory of Samothrace
    • The Ancient Egyptian goddess Isis






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      • Ancient Greek vase paintings at the British Museum
      • View of St. Peter’s Basilica - revisited
      • Terence Stamp (1938–2025) RIP
      • Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste...
      • The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1767)
      • The French Rococo at the Wallace Collection
      • The Strawberry Girl by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1773)
      • The Trump-Putin press conference
      • Sinners (2025) review
      • John Healey, the Defence Secretary, trying to guar...
      • The Trump-Putin ceasefire meeting
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      • The Ancient Egyptian goddess Isis
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    Kiefer / Van Gogh – what a surprising and interesting show at the Royal Academy, London. I hadn’t realised that the German artist Anselm Kiefer was vastly inspired by the work of Vincent Van Gogh. It was fascinating to learn that, as young man, Kiefer travelled in the great artist’s footsteps, ending up in Arles, in the South of France, making sketches and paintings. He has produced great works which celebrate Vincent’s love of countryside and rural people. A small, but perfectly formed show and a good antidote to the visual excess of the Summer Exhibition which is on show in the main galleries.
    1 month ago
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